Comments on: Writers Worth: How to Fake It as a Freelancer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html a freelance writing resource. Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori Widmer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html#comment-15054 Tue, 31 May 2016 15:50:16 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html/#comment-15054 Princess, you rule. But then again, you should. 🙂

I love this post because it points out a glaring issue in today's freelance world — writers who lie outright about their experience. One in particular spent a few years swiping content from this blog and others, repackaging it as their own, then selling courses based on this compiled info. Worse, the people who think of this person as an expert don't realize the unethical way this person got such "experience."

And you're damned to say anything. I would never hamper anyone's ability to earn a living, even an unscrupulous jerk. They'll get found out, if it hasn't started to happen already.

Dennis, even introverts can be enthusiastic — find that place where your joy lives and let it out to shine. Still, if it's not your thing, have your own private enthusiastic moments. No reason why you have to share that. 🙂

]]> By: Dennis Muigai https://wordsonpageblog.com/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html#comment-15047 Mon, 30 May 2016 15:34:48 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html/#comment-15047 Hi Princess Jones
I have a problem with enthusiasm. I am very introverted and in recent occurrences, it has become clear that enthusiasm is not one of my strongest suites. I just can't learn how to fake it.

]]> By: Sharon Hurley Hall https://wordsonpageblog.com/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html#comment-15044 Mon, 30 May 2016 14:21:26 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html/#comment-15044 Amen to everything you said, Princess. It makes me sick when I see fake-sperts conning people, but putting on a mantle of confidence is fine.

]]> By: Cathy Miller https://wordsonpageblog.com/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html#comment-15042 Mon, 30 May 2016 11:55:52 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html/#comment-15042 Now this kind of fake it should make it just fine. One of my former corporate bosses nicknamed me the Lone Wolf because of my preference for living alone. Hard to do when you're the middle child of seven. 😉 Good seeing you here, Princess.

]]> By: Princess Jones https://wordsonpageblog.com/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html#comment-15041 Sun, 29 May 2016 19:32:20 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html/#comment-15041 Oh it's an old term for a WASP-y, New England type law firm that deals with "old money." It does come from the shoes they used to wear. Not sure at Matlock, though. I watch a lot of courtroom dramas and that's where I got it from. LOL!

]]> By: Paula Hendrickson https://wordsonpageblog.com/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html#comment-15040 Sun, 29 May 2016 18:26:33 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2016/05/writers-worth-how-to-fake-it-as.html/#comment-15040 All this time I thought Cathy was my twin. Then Sharon was our triplet. But Princess may be our quadruplet.

Or maybe you're my real twin, Princess, because I also prefer staying home talking to dogs, and I never realized people had corrupted "fake it 'til you make it" to support false advertising or flat out lying. Thanks for making sure others understand the real meaning of the phrase.

I will confess, I've never heard the term "white show law firm" before, but for some reason it only conjures up visions of Matlock. (Didn't he wear white shoes with his white suits?)

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